A Westphalian brass-mounted walnut, oak and fruitwood marquetry and parquetry commode

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A Westphalian brass-mounted walnut, oak and fruitwood marquetry and parquetry commode

POSSIBLY MÜNSTER, CIRCA 1780

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A Westphalian brass-mounted walnut, oak and fruitwood marquetry and parquetry commode
POSSIBLY MÜNSTER, CIRCA 1780
Banded overall and inlaid with flowers, urns and musical trophies the canted, moulded breakfront top above two long drawers, sans travers, flanked by outscrolling pilasters, inlaid with cube parquetry, on fluted tapering legs, re-mounted
91 cm. high x 126 cm. wide x 63 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

The distinctive marquetry decoration of this commode is clearly inspired by French and Dutch cabinetmakers but shows also the characteristic design of westphalian artists like Wilhelm Ferdinand Lipper (1733-1800). Lipper was appointed Hofarchitekt to Bischof Max Friedrich Graf von Königsegg-Rothenfels. His designs are typical a stylist mix of the Louis XVI. Related marquetry decorations are urns, garlands, paterae and medallions with inlaid ruins and musical trophies. A related commode by Lipper is in the Residenzschloss Münster, shown by W. Eller, Möbel des Klassizismus, Louis XVI und Empire, Augsburg, 2002, p. 66. - G. Himmelheber, Die Kunst des Deutschen Müobels, München, 1973, pl. 84.

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